Hi t8,

I am posting this from my phone, because I’m still unable to add a comment from my computer.

Did you receive the screen shot I sent via email?

Yes, now I see it. Thanks. 🙂

Also, will I be able to search my own name, like in the last forum, to see the topics on which I commented in the last week, month, or whatever? I just searched mikeboll64 on the main site search, but it came back with no results.

How can I add a new topic? I see no button for it. And what is the box that says “Tags” for at the bottom of the response page?

Lots of issues! 🙂 First, where is the “Quote” button, so I can quote the other guy’s post and respond to it?

Where are the bold, underline, color, etc. functions?

After making a response, I am taken back to the very first page of the thread – instead of to the page where my newest post is. Is that supposed to happen?

Where are the…[Read more]

Wakeup said:

MIkeb.

I did not say that the being was first created.
God had just Given *HIS EXISTING WORD*.
THAT WAS ALWAYS IN GOD, *A FORM*.

Wakeup,

Unless “The Word” was a separate living entity inside of God (which would mean that God AND another entity have existed from eternity), then it is a matter of God giving a beginning to a…[Read more]

The Hebrew word “echad” works the same as the English word “one.

John 17:11
Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given
me, that they may be one, as we are.

Those God gave to Jesus were not literally one living being, but one
in a “unified sense”, as you said. So the words, “as we are” at the
end of 17:11…[Read more]

Quote (Ed J @ June 25 2014,21:10)Hi Mike, My point was that YOUR THEORY is inconstant, and therefore FAILS.Please tell me what “my theory” was.Quote (Ed J @ June 25 2014,21:10)My point is: the first thing created has NO CONNECTION to preeminence.Hmmm…………. NEVER?  What about the heaven thing YOU brought up?What about the rights of the…[Read more]

Quote (Ed J @ June 25 2014,21:05)Quote (mikeboll64 @ June 26 2014,13:04)WHY would God creating all things have ANYTHING AT ALL to do with Jesus being the firstborn?    Please explain.It has to do with Jesus' crucifixion.Please explain.  Quote (Ed J @ June 25 2014,21:05)Quote (mikeboll64 @ June 26 2014,13:04)Also, you say my interpretation is NO…[Read more]

Okay, I can see I'll have to go slower.Quote (Ed J @ June 25 2014,20:49)But it is not talking about Jesus, but The Father.Ed, do you UNDERSTAND that when scripture says God created EVERYTHING in heaven – it really means “everything OTHER THAN God Himself”?If you DO understand that very simple concept, then you should likewise understand that when…[Read more]

Quote (Ed J @ June 25 2014,20:48)Quote (mikeboll64 @ June 26 2014,12:54)A) For instance, we know that “God” didn't come “from God”, right? B) And we know that “Jesus” didn't come “through Jesus”, right?Hi Mike, A) The HolySpirit, which is God, came from God; so I disagree with you in this.B) That would fit the theory of execution, yes.A. How so?…[Read more]

Quote (Ed J @ June 25 2014,21:38)Quote (mikeboll64 @ June 26 2014,10:53)Now I'm ready to be EdJucated.  1.  Is “the spirit of Christ” the spirit of Jesus – in the same way that “the spirit of Ed” is your spirit?If not, explain………..Hi Mike, I would say “yes”Okay. Me too.So then what do you mean when you say that “the spirit of Christ” said t…[Read more]

Quote (Wakeup @ June 25 2014,20:55)Quote (mikeboll64 @ June 26 2014,11:02)Quote (Wakeup @ June 25 2014,17:03)Edj.Just as your word has no name;so also the Word of God has no name.So then the one named “the Word of God” in Rev 19:13 ISN'T Jesus?   If not Jesus, who is Rev 19:11-16 about?And when “the Word of God” became flesh (John 1:14), by what…[Read more]

Quote (Ed J @ June 25 2014,21:25)Hi Mike, I fully agree Oh happy day – as my grandma used to say.

Quote (Wakeup @ June 25 2014,21:12) Quote (mikeboll @ 64)Is it true that YOU say the Word of God used to BE God Himself, because before the beginning, there was ONLY God?   YES or NO?YES.Thank you.Quote (Wakeup @ June 25 2014,21:12) Quote (mikeboll @ 64)Is it true that YOU say God caused His Word to take on a form, and become a DIFFERENT living,…[Read more]

Quote (kerwin @ June 26 2014,12:03)Wakeup,That is not what James states.  He states that every good and perfect gift comes down from above.  Jesus Christ is a good and perfect gift but though he is the biggest one he is not the only good and perfect gift.Give an example of someone/something else then.For example, was John the Baptist perfect?Was M…[Read more]

Oops. I see Kerwin beat me to the punch with 1 Kings 11:33.

Quote (carmel @ June 26 2014,12:38)Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one LordThe word “God” HERE  is Elohim. It says, “The LORD our Elohim is one LORD.” This phrase is not normally grammatically correct—a plural noun with a singular verb, “is.” Elohim is the plural of both El and Eloah. El and Eloah mean “mighty One,” “strong One,” or “p…[Read more]

Quote (kerwin @ June 26 2014,12:21)Jammin,Quote Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bibleand because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God; which they concluded very rightly, from his saying, John 10:30, that God was his Father, and that he and his Father were one; that is, in nature and essence, and therefore he must be God; Gill should know…[Read more]